If you just want a total (at any one point) of how many characters are in the field, then this should work:
$('#id_Message').val().length; -----Original Message----- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johny Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 12:25 PM To: jQuery (English) Subject: [jQuery] How to count characters Hi, I have <textarea id="id_Message" class="vLargeTextField" name="Message" rows="8" cols="40"></textarea> how can I count numbers of characters that a user writes? Thank you B.